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Rejections of prospective immigrants upon arrival at ocean ports, by principal causes and by nationalities, 1935 to 1946

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Rejections of prospective immigrants upon arrival at ocean ports, by principal causes and by nationalities, 1935 to 1946
  1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
  number
Cause            
Medical 16 18 16 16 18 29
Civil 118 121 163 156 237 410
Total 131 139 179 172 255 439
Nationality            
British 76 95 127 133 189 276
United States - 2 1 5 - 6
Other 58 42 51 34 66 157
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.